NIH Reporter #2P41EB018783-11A1

Training and Dissemination

This award supports a long-term project to train scientists, engineers, and clinicians in neurotechnology and to build a collaborative ecosystem to facilitate the translation of neurotechnologies from research to clinical practice.

Description

NCAN Training & Dissemination focuses on enabling the widespread use of new neurotechnologies for important purposes and improving the training of scientists, engineers, and clinicians to develop and use them. While many exciting neurotechnologies have been developed and validated in the lab, few have been translated to clinical practice, largely due to the lack of an appropriate environment, or ecosystem. An effective neurotechnology ecosystem requires: people who understand the principles of the technology and are skilled in its use; access to robust, compatible, and supported hardware and software; and mechanisms that support effective interactions among the scientists, engineers, and clinicians involved. Over the past 25 years, our staff have created such an ecosystem for BCI2000, a general-purpose software platform that facilitates neurotechnology research and development. NCAN Training & Dissemination activities are building on this experience to create a much more comprehensive ecosystem for a wide range of adaptive neurotechnologies.

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